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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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